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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Female Breast Cancer Death Rates,* by State — United States, 2024
Weekly / October 15, 2026 / 75(40);612
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Abbreviation: DC = District of Columbia.
* Rates are defined as the number of deaths per 100,000 females and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau standard population.
In 2024, the age-adjusted rate of female breast cancer deaths in the United States was 18.7 per 100,000 females. DC had the highest breast cancer death rate (24.1), and Rhode Island had the lowest (14.4).
Supplementary Table: Age-Adjusted Female Breast Cancer Death Rates, by State — United States, 2024
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2024. Underlying Cause of Death, 2018–2024, Single Race Request
Reported by: Betzaida Tejada-Vera, MS, fsz2@cdc.gov.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Female Breast Cancer Death Rates, by State — United States, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2026;75:612. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7540a3.
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